Paper pail.



No.'723,565. PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903. E. B. WESTON.

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PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD B. vWESTON, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 723,565,-dated March24, 1903.

Application filed January 22, 1902. Serial No. 90,738. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, EDWARD B. WESTON,"a

citizen of the United States, residing at Dayof the pail, whereby thetop covers may be locked shut by merely pressing the covers to-.

gether;

Heretofore it has been usual to attach a tin loop at one side edge ofthe top cover and to attach a tin strip or tongue to the other sideedge, and in order to lockthetop after pressing the top covers togetherit has been necessary to thread the tongue through the loop and afterdrawing it tight to bend the tongue over to lock the top. It is quitedifficult at times to thread this tongue in the hole or loop on theopposite side, and even then it is necessary to take hold of the end ofthe tongue after threading it through the loop to bend it over, thusinvolving a series of operations frequently difficult, especially if thefingers of the operator, as frequently happens, are numb with cold. Itis the purpose of my invention to substitute for this ordinary form oflock a certain novel construction to be hereinafter particularly pointedout and claimed, whereby the covers may be locked by simply pressingthem together.

A second feature of my invention consists in so forming the blank andfolding same that stiff interlocking flaps may be provided to form atight and close fitting top for the pail to prevent the contents fromspilling out.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank fromwhich myimproved pail is formed. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the pail partlyclosed and ready for locking. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section ofthe pail with the top covers open, ready to receive the contents. Fig. 4is a similar section with the inner top covers closed.

The blanks are cut and scored from sheets of suitable stiff paper, asshown in Fig. 1, in which,'by the score-lines, A forms the bottom, B Bthe sides, 0 O the ends, with corner folds D E D E and F G F G betweenthe sides and ends. For reinforcing the top covers corner-foldextensions H I are provided for the corner folds D E and F G, whileattached to the ends 0 O and. between the adjacent corner-foldextensions I I are the top covers L M. These top covers L M are ofsufficient length to overlap when folded, as hereinafter described, andthey are cut away from the corner-fold extensions I I at points a a andZ) Z).

N P are extensions of the sides which form the external top covers andare provided with a locking device, as hereinafter described, and topermit folding in of the top covers they are provided with the diagonalscore-lines c c d d.

Attached to the top cover P is the tin strip e, provided with anopeningf to form a loop, and attached to the other top cover N is thetin strip g, having a permanent hook hformed thereon. v

In folding the pail the side and end walls are brought into uprightposition, and the corner folds between the sides and ends are foldedtogether and outside of the ends 0 C. The corner-fold extensions H Ithen form a quadruple-thickness for the end top covers, with the' endextensions L M on the inside and detached at the points a b fromthecorner-fold extensions. These parts are then secured together by thewire loops Z Z, and the wire bail R is then secured through the cornerfolds and ends and bent over on the inside to fasten same.

To close the pail, the top covers L M are pushed in and caused tooverlap, as shown in Fig. 4, forming a stiff and close fitting cover forthe contents. This folding in of the top covers L M causes the sideextensions N P to outside coversare pressed down and the sides pushedslightly together, which brings the books It underneath the opening f inthe strip 6. When released, the pail expands, forcing the loop under thehook, forming an autofold on the score-lines c c d d, and then the maticand at the same time perfectly safe and tight lock.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is- I A paper pail, made from a single blank ofpaper, scored and creased to form bottom,

sides and ends, with corner folds between the sides and ends, end and.side extensions to form the top covers, with corner-fold extensionsbetween the end and side extensions, said corner folds being folded backto overlap the ends with the corner-fold extensions overlapping to forma quadruple reinforcement for the top, and the end extensions beingpartly severed from the corner-fold extensions to form overlapping topcovers thus reinforced, substantially as shown and described.

EDWARD B. WESTON.

l/Vitnessesz IRA CRAWFORD, J r., E. H. TURNER.

